Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

trảm thảo trừ căn

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Meaning · English

Cut the grass, remove the root — extermination that leaves a fiber leaves a spring regrowth.

Literally: chop the grass, remove the root

Examples

Dẹp tận gốc, trảm thảo trừ căn.Clear it to the root — cut grass regrows from any fiber left.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “trảm thảo trừ căn” mean?

Cut the grass, remove the root — extermination that leaves a fiber leaves a spring regrowth. Literally: chop the grass, remove the root

Is “trảm thảo trừ căn” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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